Standardised Scales

Standardised scales (often interchangeably referred to as summated scales or validated instruments) are a collection of related questions that measure an underlying concept. Below is a list of some of the scales used by the CLOSER studies. We will be adding as many of these scales as possible to CLOSER Discovery, with links to the study questionnaires which use them.

Please, note that the names shown in this table and in the standardised scales' individual pages are the names of the original versions. The individual pages of the standardised scales may also contain versions that stem from the original scale.

This table does not contain record ALSPAC Clinics, nor measures - such as test - which are not standardised scales.

This list is a work in progress. If you know of any inaccuracies, additional questionnaires which use these scales, or scales which are not on this list which were used, please contact Hayley Mills.

Scale / Validated Instrument	Questionnaire where scale is used	Creator	Publication Date	Source	Provenance

Scale / Validated Instrument	Questionnaire where scale is used	Creator	Publication Date	Source	Provenance
Adolescent Adult Parenting Inventory	WCHADS Phase 06 Mother Questionnaire	Bavolek S. J., Keene R. G.	2001	Adult-Adolescent Parenting Inventory AAPI-2: Administration and development handbook. Park City, UT: Family Development Resources, Inc.
Adolescent Adult Parenting Inventory	WCHADS Phase 10 Mother Questionnaire	Bavolek S. J., Keene R. G.	2001
Affective Reactivity Index	WCHADS Phase 15 Mother Questionnaire	Stringaris, A., Goodman, R., Ferdinando, S., Razdan, V., Muhrer, E., Leibenluft, E., Brotman, M., A.	2012	The Affective Reactivity Index: a concise irritability scale for clinical and research settings. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 53(11), 1109–1117.	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7610.2012.02561.x
	WCHADS Phase 15 Child Questionnaire
	WCHADS Phase 15 Mother COVID Only Questionnaire
	WCHADS Phase 15 Child COVID Only Questionnaire
Adolescent Sexual Activity Index (ASAI)	MCS6 Age 14 Cohort Member Questionnaire	Hansen, W. E. Paskett, E. D. Carter, L. J.	1999	The Adolescent Sexual Activity Index (ASAI): a standardized strategy for measuring interpersonal heterosexual behaviors among youth. Health Education Research, 14(4), 485-490.	https://doi.org/10.1093/her/14.4.485
Adult Social Responsiveness Scale (SRS)	ALSPAC Life at 24+	Costantino, H. N.	2002	Social Responsiveness Scale. Los Angeles: Western Psychological Services.
Alabama Parenting Questionnaire (APQ)	WCHADS Phase 12 Partner Questionnaire	Frick, P. J.	1991	The Alabama parenting questionnaire. Unpublished rating scale, University of Alabama.
	WCHADS Phase 11 Mother Questionnaire
	WCHADS Phase 13 Mother Questionnaire
	WCHADS Phase 13 Partner Questionnaire
	WCHADS Phase 14 Mother Questionnaire
	WCHADS Phase 14 Partner Questionnaire
	WCHADS Phase 15 Mother Questionnaire
	WCHADS Phase 15 Mother COVID Only Questionnaire
	WCHADS Phase 15 Mother COVID Retest
Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT)	ALSPAC A Toddler in the House	Saunders, J. B., Aasland, O. G., Babor, T. F., De La Fuente, J. R., & Grant, M.	1993	Development of the Alcohol Use Disorder Identification Test (AUDIT): WHO Collaborative Project on Early Detection of Persons with Harmful Alcohol Consumption-II. Addiction, 88(6), 791-804.	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1360-0443.1993.tb02093.x
	ALSPAC Being a father
	ALSPAC Caring for a Toddler)
	ALSPAC Cohort Member COVID-19 Questionnaire 2
	ALSPAC Father and the Family
	ALSPAC Focusing On You
	ALSPAC Having a Baby
	ALSPAC It's All About You
	ALSPAC Life at 22+ Questionnaire
	ALSPAC Life of a 16+ Teenager
	ALSPAC Looking After the Baby
	ALSPAC Me and my Baby
	ALSPAC Parent COVID-19 Questionnaire 2
	ALSPAC Partner's Health Events and Feelings
	ALSPAC Partner's New Questionnaire
	ALSPAC Partner's Questionnaire
	ALSPAC Partner - About Me
	ALSPAC Study Mother's Questionnaire
	ALSPAC Teen Focus 2
	ALSPAC Teen Focus 3
	ALSPAC The Baby and Me
	ALSPAC Twelve Years On
	ALSPAC You and Your Life
	ALSPAC Your Health Events and Feelings
	ALSPAC Your Changing Life
	ALSPAC Your Life in 2013
	BCS70 Self Completion Questionnaire 2012
	BCS70 CASI Questionnaire 2016
	BCS70 Age 50 COVID-19 Survey - Wave 1 2021-2022
	BCS70 Age 50 COVID-19 Survey - Wave 2
	BCS70 Age 50 COVID-19 Survey - Wave 3
	GenScot NGS Mental Health Questionnaire 16 Plus
	MCS Age 14 Cohort Member Questionnaire 2015
	MCS Age 20 Cohort Member COVID 19 Survey - Wave 1
	MCS Age 20 Parent COVID 19 Survey - Wave 1
	MCS Age 20 Cohort Member COVID 19 Survey - Wave 2
	MCS Age 20 Parent COVID 19 Survey - Wave 2
	MCS Age 20 Cohort Member COVID-19 Survey - Wave 3
	MCS Age 20 Parent COVID-19 Survey - Wave 3
	NCDS Age 44 Biomedical Questionnaire 2002
	NCDS Age 46 CATI Questionnaire 2004
	NCDS Age 50 CAI Questionnaire 2008
	NCDS Age 62 COVID 19 Survey -Wave 1
	NCDS Age 62 COVID 19 Survey - Wave 2
	NCDS Age 62 COVID 19 Survey - Wave 3
	Next Steps Age 25 Self-completion Module 2015
	Next Steps Age 30 COVID 19 Survey - Wave 1
	Next Steps Age 30 COVID 19 Survey - Wave 2
	Next Steps Age 30 COVID 19 Survey - Wave 3
	NSHD Nurse Questionnaire 2014-2016
	NSHD 2020 COVID-19 Survey - Wave 1
	NSHD COVID-19 Survey - Wave 2
	NSHD COVID-19 Survey - Wave 3
	SWS Offspring Questionnaire Covid-19 2020
	SWS Women Questionnaire Covid-19 2020
	USoc Wave 5 Questionnaire
	USoc Wave 7 Questionnaire
	USoc COVID-19 Wave 1 Questionnaire
	USoc COVID-19 Survey Wave 5
	WCHADS Phase 01 Mother Questionnaire - 20 wk scan
	WCHADS Phase 01 Partner Questionnaire - 20 wk scan
	Whitehall II Health Survey 11
ALSPAC Marital Relationship Scale based Quinton and Rutter (1988) and Stanley (1994)	ALSPAC About Yourself	Quinton, Rutter, & Stanley
Arnett Inventory of Sensation Seeking (AISS)	ALSPAC Life of a 16+ Teenager	Arnett, J.	1994	Sensation seeking: A new conceptualization and a new scale. Personality and Individual Differences, 16(2), 289-296.	doi: 10.1016/0191-8869(94)90165-1
Arnett Inventory of Sensation Seeking (AISS)	ALSPAC Your Changing Life	Arnett, J.	1994		doi: 10.1016/0191-8869(94)90165-1
Atopic Eczema	SWS 12 months infancy	Williams, H.C., Burney, P.G., Pembroke, A.C. Hay, R.J.	1994	The U.K. Working Party's Diagnostic Criteria for Atopic Dermatitis. III. Independent hospital validation British Journal of Dermatology, 131(3),406-416.	https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7918017/
	SWS 3 year child
	SWS 6-7 year child
Autism-Spectrum Quotient (AQ)	WCHADS Phase 13 Mother Questionnaire	Baron-Cohen, S., Wheelwright, S., Skinner, R., Martin, J., Clubley, E.	2001	The Autism-Spectrum Quotient (AQ): evidence from Asperger syndrome/high-functioning autism, males and females, scientists and mathematicians. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 31, 5–17.	https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1005653411471
Autism-Spectrum Quotient (AQ)	WCHADS Phase 13 Partner Questionnaire		2001		https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1005653411471
Bachman Self-Esteem Scale (BSES)	ALSPAC Partner's Health Events and Feelings	Bachman, J. G.	1970	Youth in Transition II: The impact of family background and intelligence on tenth-grade boys. University of Michigan, Institute for Social Research. (page 135).	https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED051414
	ALSPAC About Your Class
	ALSPAC Questionnaire for Class Teacher
	ALSPAC Study Mother's Questionnaire
	ALSPAC Study Partner's Questionnaire
	ALSPAC Focusing On You
	ALSPAC - Your Health Events and Feelings
	ALSPAC You and Your Life
	ALSPAC Your Life in 2013
	ALSPAC Department for Children, Schools and Families Plans and Aspirations Questionnaire
	USoc 4 Wave 4 Main Questionnaire
Basic Psychological Needs Satisfaction in General Scale (BNSG-S)	ALSPAC Life at 23+	La Guardia, J. G., Ryan, R. M., Couchman, C. E., Deci, E. L.	2000	Within-person variation in security of attachment: A self-determination theory perspective on attachment, need fulfilment, and well-being. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 79, 367-384.	https://psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1037/0022-3514.79.3.367
Bracken Basic Concept Scale	MCS Age 3 Child Measurements 2003	Bracker, B.A.	1998, 1984	Bracken Basic Concept Scale-Revised. San Antonio, TX: The Psychological Corporation, Harcourt Brace and Company.
Brief Resilience Scale	Born in Bradford	Smith B. W., Dalen J., Wiggins K., Tooley, E., Christopher P., Bernard J.	2008	The Brief Resilience Scale: Assessing the Ability to Bounce Back. International Journal of Behavioural Medicine, 15, 194-200.	https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1080/10705500802222972.pdf
	GenScot COVID-19 Wave 2
	GenScot STRADL Remote Questionnaire
	GenScot STRADL Pre-Clinic Questionnaire
	SWS COVID-19 Questionnaire for offspring
	SWS COVID-19 Questionnaire for women
Brief Symptom Inventory	HEAF Baseline	Derogatis, L., Melisarators, N,	1983	The Brief Symptom Inventory: an introductory report. Psychological Medicine, 13(3), 595-605.	https://doi.org/10.1017/S0033291700048017
	HEAF Follow-Up 1
	HEAF Follow-Up 2
Brief Infant Toddler Social Emotional Assessment (BITSEA)	WCHADS Phase 07 Mother Questionnaire	Briggs-Gowan, M., J., Cater, A., S., Irwin, J., R., Wachtel, K., Cicchetti, D., V.	2004	The Brief Infant-Toddler Social and Emotional Assessment: Screening for Emotional Problems and Delays in Competence. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 29(2), 143-155.	https://doi.org/10.1093/jpepsy/jsh017
	WCHADS Phase 07 Partner Questionnaire
	WCHADS Phase 08 Mother Interview
	WCHADS Phase 09 Mother Questionnaire
	WCHADS Phase 10 Mother Questionnaire
	WCHADS Phase 10 Partner Questionnaire
Bristol Social Adjustment Guide (BSAG)	NCDS The Child in School questionnaire 1965	Stott, D.H.	1963	The social adjustment of children: Manual of the Bristol Social-Adjustment Guides, University of London Press.	ISBN: 0340186003
Bristol Social Adjustment Guide (BSAG)	NCDS The Child in School questionnaire 1969	Stott, D.H.	1963		ISBN: 0340186003
Buss-Durkee Hostility-Guilt Inventory	ALSPAC Mother of a 9 Year Old	Buss, A. H. Durkee, A.	1957	An inventory for assessing different kinds of hostility. Journal of Consulting Psychology, 21(4), 343-349.	https://psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1037/h0046900
CAGE Assessment for Alcohol Abuse (CAGE)	NCDS CAI Questionnaire 2000	Ewing, J.A.	1905-1907, 1984	Detecting Alcoholism: The CAGE Questionnaire. JAMA 252, 1905-1907.	https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.252.14.1905
Canadian Problem Gambling Index (CPGI)	ALSPAC It's All About You 20+	Ferris, J.A, Wynne, H., Ladouceur, R., Stinchfield, R., and Turner, N.,	2003	Introducing the Canadian problem gambling index. Edmonton, AB: Wynne Resources.	https://www.researchgate.net/publication/228460062_Introducing_the_Canadian_problem_gambling_index
	ALSPAC Life at 24+
	ALSPAC You and Your Life
Cannabis Abuse Screening Test (CAST)	ALSPAC It's All About You 20+	Legleye, S., Karila, L., Beck, F., Reynaud, M.	2009	Validation of the CAST, a general population Cannabis Abuse Screening Test. Journal of Substance Use, 12, 4.	https://doi.org/10.1080/14659890701476532